2024–25 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

2024–25 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 7
Record30–7 (17–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Associate head coachDoug Wojcik (6th overall season)
Assistant coaches
  • Thomas Kelley (3rd season)
  • Saddi Washington (1st season)
  • Jon Borovich (1st season)
  • Austin Thornton (1st season)
Captains
Home arenaBreslin Center
2024–25 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Michigan State 17 3   .850 30 7   .811
No. 9 Maryland 14 6   .700 27 9   .750
No. 10 Michigan 14 6   .700 27 10   .730
UCLA 13 7   .650 23 11   .676
No. 16 Wisconsin 13 7   .650 27 10   .730
No. 14 Purdue 13 7   .650 24 12   .667
Illinois 12 8   .600 22 13   .629
Oregon 12 8   .600 25 10   .714
Indiana 10 10   .500 19 13   .594
Ohio State 9 11   .450 17 15   .531
Rutgers 8 12   .400 15 17   .469
Minnesota 7 13   .350 15 17   .469
Northwestern 7 13   .350 17 16   .515
USC 7 13   .350 17 18   .486
Iowa 7 13   .350 17 16   .515
Nebraska 7 13   .350 21 14   .600
Penn State 6 14   .300 16 15   .516
Washington 4 16   .200 13 18   .419
2025 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans were led by 30th-year head coach Tom Izzo and played their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan as members of the Big Ten Conference.

With a win over Oregon on February 8, 2025, Tom Izzo tied Bob Knight for the most wins in conference history with 353. With a win over Illinois on February 15, Izzo passed Knight for the most wins in conference history.

With a loss by rival Michigan on March 5, the Spartans secured at least a share of the Big Ten regular season championship, their first since 2020. The championship was Izzo's 11th, tying him for the all-time record with Knight and former Purdue coach Ward Lambert. With a win over Iowa on March 6, MSU secured the outright regular season championship. The championship marked the team's first outright championship since 2018. With a win over Michigan in the regular season finale on March 9, MSU earned its 17th conference win on the season, the most conference wins in school history. The Spartans finished three games ahead of second-place Maryland and Michigan in the conference. The Spartans defeated Oregon in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament before losing to Wisconsin. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 2 seed in the South region marking the school's 27th consecutive tournament appearance, the nation's longest active streak. They defeated Bryant in the first round and New Mexico in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. It marked the 16th Sweet Sixteen appearance under Izzo and the school's 22nd overall. MSU defeated Ole Miss to advance to the Elite Eight where they were defeated by overall No. 1 seed Auburn. They finished the season 30–7, 17–3 in Big Ten play.

The Big Ten named Tom Izzo the conference's coach of the year for the fourth time. Freshman Jase Richardson was named to the All-Big Ten third team and the All-Freshman team. Jaden Akins was named to the All-Defensive team and the coaches' third team. Associate head coach Doug Wojcik was named the Howard Moore assistant coach of the year.

The Michigan State Spartans drew an average home attendance of 14,797, the 16th-highest of all college basketball teams.